Buffalo Criterion, 1988-02-04

              price only 25 per copy serving working wading in wni tuner cities since 1923 rochester wny's oldest and largest afro-american weekly for over 60 years — featuring paid legitimate circulation established in 1925 niagara region the buffalo criterion vol 64 — no € thursday february 4-10 1988 crime prevention techniques meetings jackson campaign lists area delegate candidates • fulani certified for matching funds • 1,000,000 gift to uncf schools caucus workshops to focus on 21st century house budget chief to keynote weekend albany — congressman william h gray d-pa chairman of the house budget committee will deliver the keynote ad dress at the second annual legislative dinner weekend sponsored by the new york state asso ciation of black and puerto rican legislators inc on sunday february 14th in albany the legislative week end which commences a day earlier will address the theme uniting the rainbow to meet the challenge of the 21st century there will be a series of braintrust workshops which will focus attention to youth issues budget housing education chil dren and families health labor international affairs political empow erment / reapportionment women's issues and vet erans affairs commencing at 9 p.m on the evening of february 13th there will be a networking through mu sic and dance and the featured artists are siglio 20 fuchsia dennis mor gan and the diva destiny and a special guest appearance by d j mario this year's legislative weekend promises to be a very exciting and stimula ting one says bronx assemblywoman gloria davis chairperson of the weekend committee african-americans hispanics and other politi cally and socio-economi cally disenfranchised groups in new york state are at a critical point in their history i believe networking through the braintrust workshops will reap a potent legislative agenda for our people the officers of rtte association are assembly members roger l green chair gloria davis first vice chair hector l diaz second vice chair clar ence norman jr secre tary and arthur o eve chaplain for further information call the association's off ice at 518 465-5414 or 465-5526 rev sherrell's black history publication release 1988 parti by rev calvin l sherrell note first let me thank the criterion press its stall rnombcr the readers and all if i gain your interest for a long time i wanted to do a black history publication with the hope that my work will be of a benefit to this great land and all of its citizens my special eight-page 8 x 11 copy righted black history manuscript has been handed over to my publisher at a cost of 700.00 covering the period be tween 1770 to 1799 dealing with the life and times of crispus attucks the first person to die for the revolutionary cause fraunces tavern of new york city where washington and his officials often ate and mapped plans for war with england richard allen the father of the first civil rights struggle as well as the father of the first prison work release program and the founder of the oldest black institution the ame church mother bethel in philadelphia the publication also covers the grand old contribution as made by benjamin banneker who played a great role in the layout of the federal district washington d c my work also covered very interesting facts into the life of dr benjamin rush the revolutionary doctor a signer of the declaration of independence as well as being an abolutiontst and a friend of richard allen and mother bethel church in philadelphia this work will be a tribute to the united states postal service and the department of the interior national park service a planned black history gospel concert and the distribution of this beautiful published report will be held in the city of olean near the end of black history month february 1988 i have served notice to olean and cattaraugus county that my work has been cut out for the area olean was my first northern residence after leaving my native home state of alabama many decades ago while living in that city i found nothing but good things to say about olean it was in olean a little city of some 25,000 residents that my state black migrant mission ministry was born all because of a sizable donation from the jewish community and clothes and kitchenware for the poor black migrant workers on the farms it didn't take long before the business institution joined in to help my work as time passed more rural counties were aritiari to my hot until i hod five counties with poor southern blacks in its fields — picking beans potatoes apples and other crops not to mention the one county potter in pennsylvania that i serviced i will always be thankful for little olean and the blacks who often helped to carry collected items into potter county for poor southern black migrants as a result of the smooth operation in olean and a fine report it was easy to get the financing of private business support of wellsville east aurora the town of amherst the tonawandas north as well the hamburg area and in niagara county i got the blessing of lockport lewiston and youngstown the cal sherrell mission ministry lasted for fifteen years 1958 to 1973 ending with mayor stanley makowski presenting me with the key to the city of buffalo during that period i made sure that the white business establishments got the message of how thankful i was for the moral and financial backing given me by going back to their lilly-white communities with a thank you type of gospel concert concerts were held at the down towner in north tonawanda the keenon arena of lockport the nancy howe auditorium in wellsville the first presbyterian church in east aurora the first presbyterian church in the village of hamburg and the wayside presby terian church in the town of hamburg followed by a concert at the first baptist church in friendship new york my last concert was held near the end of my fifteen-year migrant ministry rev calvin l sherrell editor to be honored james r heck 111 director of the depart ment of school integration and minority business utilization has announced that frank e merri weather jr is a recipient of the 1988 quality integrated education award in the field of journalism he also noted that in this the year of the african-american child in buffalo we are honor ing those outstanding in dividuals in our communi ty who exemplify the qualities and attributes to which all our school children can aspire the awards will be presented at 12 p.m on wed feb 10th in the buffalo board of educa tion meeting room 801 city hall this awards celebration is a special celebration of african-american history month frank e merriweather jr named assistant director joann peters has been promoted to assistant di rector of emergency ser vices for the american red cross greater buffalo chapter ms peters has been with the chapter since 1979 when she was hired as buffalo branch coordin ator she became branch manager for the city service center in 1983 she recently returned from a national american cross disaster assignment in puerto rico where the red cross is assisting in flood relief efforts during the spring of 1987 ms peters assisted with dis aster relief efforts in flooded areas of new england she is also a member of the disaster team that provided relief following the buffalo propane ex plosion and the new jersey floods in 1984 ms peters holds a bachelor's degree in en glish from state university college at buffalo promoted to red cross branch mgr kenneth turner has been promoted to branch manager of the city service center for the american red cross greater buffalo chapter the center is located at 125 central park plaza turner previously serv ed as a consultant in donor resource development for american red cross blood services buffalo region he also represented the red cross as a loaned executive to the united way in 1986 turner was originally hired as a donor recruiter in telephone recruitment in 1983 and was promoted to senior recruiter in 1984 he holds a bachelor's degree in marketing from state university college at buffalo federal judge to address milk jr ceremony here the hon a leon higginbotham jr circuit judge for the u s court of appeals third circuit will be the principal speaker at a ceremony honoring the memory of dr martin luther king jr on monday feb 22 at 7 p.m in slee concert hall on the north campus of the state university of new york at buffalo following an invocation by the rev charles ware pastor of friendship baptist church in buffalo suny-buf falo president steven b sample will offer welcoming remarks gary burgess lyric tenor and suny-buffalo associate professor of music will perform musical selections judy scales-trent suny-buffalo associate professor of law and jurisprudence will introduce the speaker following higginbotham's address there will be presentations of the 1,000 martin luther king jr scholarship funded by norstar bank and the martin luther king jr recognition award following a performance by the buffalo arts and music youth chorale directed by donald hilliard the rev will brown pastor of the new covenant united church of christ in buffalo will deliver the benediction higginbotham 59 was named to his present post in 1977 by president jimmy carter at the time of his nomination he received the american bar association's highest rating — exceptionally well qualified — by a unanimous vote he is listed in ebony magazine's 100 most influential black americans in 1964 higginbotham was sworn in as u s district judge for the eastern district of pennsylvania the youngest person to have been appointed a federal district judge in 30 years he served in that position until 1977 previous to that he was a partner in judqea l higginbotham informational forum slated the church women united invite you to call a friend and make plans to attend an informational forum the presenters will be florence baugh director of neighborhood services department of the cao she will speak on the feminization of pover ty kirsten milbrath director of senior ser vices williamsville who will talk on senior women and various prob lems and ann marie tucker esq director of erie county citizens com mittee on rape and sexual assault who will address the subject women and abuse there will be time for questions to the presen ters as well as an opportunity for conversa tions over lunch the informational for um will be held at the north park presbyterian church 700 parkside avenue in buffalo bus 9 parkside is available parking for cars is ample registration and coffee is set for 9 a.m with the program beginning at 9 15 a free will offering will be taken please bring a snack lunch tea and coffee will be provided the ending hour is 1:15 p.m everyone is wel come florence baugh farrakhan to speak at antioch the black student union of suny at buffalo will sponsor louis farrah kan in a lecture thurs feb 11th at 7 p.m at the antioch baptist church 24 urban and til i more aye the admission price is 2.00 for students and 3.00 tor the general public all are invited minister louis farrakhan program reviews changes in tax laws the tax reform act of 1986 represents the most sweeping revision of the nation tax code in 73 years many of the most common taxpayer ques tions are answered in tax break 88 a two hour telecast on sun . feb 7th from 3 to 5 p.m est on public broadcasting station pbs wneq channel 23 buffalo viewers throughout western and central new york can call the toll-free number 1-800-424-1040 from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m in conjunction with this pro gram some of the more frequent questions will be answered on the air the show includes brief segments covering topics such as tax information for older americans changes in the tax law and which tax form to use hosting the annual tax show is edwin newman former nbc-tv newsman and features lawrence gibbs commissioner of the internal revenue ser vice the program also fea tures three panels of tax experts including internal revenue service senior managers taxpayers specialists plus private practitioners such as accountants and tax attor neys they will cover individ ual tax rates exemptions standard deductions ira's and the penalty for having an inadequate amount of money with held rev sherrell see page 7 higginbotham seepage7 see page 3 see page 3 see page 7